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US 9,822,557 B2Granted
Portable lock mounting assemblies
AssigneeSchlage Lock Company LLC
InventorsRobert David Zuraski, Daniel Hugh Kindstrand, Donald H. Warren, John D. Fiegener, David Bruce Miller
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Abstract
Portable lock mounting assemblies including straps or connectors for securing each assembly to a bicycle or the like. Each mounting assembly having a structure defining a retaining assembly to securely retain a lock and easily release the lock from the mounting assembly.
Claims11
A transportation device accessory, comprising:
- a locking apparatus configured to secure a transportation device to an object;
- a mounting assembly mountable to the transportation device and to said locking apparatus, said mounting assembly including:
- a bracket releasably engageable to the transportation device, said bracket including first and second seats extending outwardly from a body portion of said bracket, wherein said first and second seats each define a saddle for receiving respective ones of first and second portions of said locking apparatus therein;
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- at least one strap connected to respective ones of said first and second seats, wherein said at least one strap is positioned around respective ones of said first and second portions of said locking apparatus in engagement with respective ones of said first and second seats to mount said locking apparatus to said mounting assembly;
- wherein said bracket defines a through-hole for receiving a portion of the transportation device therein;
- wherein said first seat defines a first axis intersecting a center of said saddle thereof and a center of said through-hole;
- wherein said second seat defines a second axis intersecting a center of said saddle thereof and said center of said through-hole, said first axis and second axis intersecting at an angle relative to one another;
- wherein said first seat is larger than said second seat;
- and
- wherein said angle ranges from 80 degrees to 115 degrees.
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A transportation device accessory, comprising:
- a locking apparatus configured to secure a transportation device to an object;
- a mounting assembly mountable to the transportation device and to said locking apparatus, said mounting assembly including:
- a bracket releasably engageable to the transportation device, said bracket including first and second seats extending outwardly from a body portion of said bracket, wherein said first and second seats each define a saddle for receiving respective ones of first and second portions of said locking apparatus therein;
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- at least one strap connected to respective ones of said first and second seats, wherein said at least one strap is positioned around respective ones of said first and second portions of said locking apparatus in engagement with respective ones of said first and second seats to mount said locking apparatus to said mounting assembly;
- wherein said bracket defines a through-hole for receiving a portion of the transportation device therein;
- wherein said first seat defines a first axis intersecting a center of said saddle thereof and a center of said through-hole;
- wherein said second seat defines a second axis intersecting a center of said saddle thereof and said center of said through-hole, said first axis and second axis intersecting at an angle relative to one another;
- wherein said angle ranges from 80 degrees to 115 degrees;
- and wherein:
- said bracket defines a first cross slot between said bracket body and said first seat for receiving said at least one strap;
- said bracket defines a second cross slot between said bracket body and said second seat for receiving said at least one strap;
- said first seat includes opposing arms that each define respective ones of first and second slots for receiving said at least one strap;
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- said second seat includes opposing arms that each define respective ones of third and fourth slots for receiving said at least one strap.
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A transportation device accessory, comprising:
- a locking apparatus configured to secure a transportation device to an object;
- a mounting assembly mountable to the transportation device and to said locking apparatus, said mounting assembly including:
- a bracket releasably engageable to the transportation device, said bracket including first and second seats extending outwardly from a body portion of said bracket, wherein said first and second seats each define a saddle for receiving respective ones of first and second portions of said locking apparatus therein;
- and
- at least one strap connected to respective ones of said first and second seats, wherein said at least one strap is positioned around respective ones of said first and second portions of said locking apparatus in engagement with respective ones of said first and second seats to mount said locking apparatus to said mounting assembly;
- wherein said bracket defines a through-hole for receiving a portion of the transportation device therein;
- wherein said first seat defines a first axis intersecting a center of said saddle thereof and a center of said through-hole;
- wherein said second seat defines a second axis intersecting a center of said saddle thereof and said center of said through-hole, said first axis and second axis intersecting at an angle relative to one another;
- wherein said angle ranges from 80 degrees to 115 degrees;
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- wherein the locking apparatus has a locked state in which the first and second portions of the locking apparatus at least partially define a closed hoop, and wherein the closed hoop surrounds the portion of the transportation device when the portion of the transportation device is received in the through-hole, the first portion of the locking apparatus is received in the first saddle, and the second portion of the locking apparatus is received in the second saddle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.